I'm trying to understand why this thread got closed

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@damuriajashi

That you have a reason, poor as it is, doesn’t make it not a bump.

I thought a bump is generally non-substantive made solely for the purpose of moving a conversation to the top.

I think you (@damuriajashi) are right about that, as per the SDMB rules:

Thread bumping . Thread bumping – that is, posting a short message solely to get a thread moved to the top of the thread list – is permitted once per thread only. Thanking thread participants for their contributions does not count as thread bumping.

However, some people seem to also call it a “bump” when a thread is revived for any reason after lying dormant for awhile.